These are BEAUTIFUL! I absolutely love them. I've been thinking about doing some mosaic decorationon our flower pots but I think this will be much more appealing to my pre-schooler. Thank you for the inspiration!

Beautiful!! I love this idea! No 2 pots will look the same, yet they all look like they belong together. Definitely filing this idea away as a way to add some more color to our gardening activities. Thanks for sharing :)

if you put multiple layers of newspaper under cut like a christmas tree skirt, then the paint soaked paper could be pulled out without disturbing the drying pot. then you could insert a tall jar under the upside down pot to hold it off the work surface, the paint will just run off. the pot could remain there until dry.

Thanks Anon! I had originally had the pots on the cardboard because I was planning on keeping the cardboard but ended up not keeping it. Luckily I found that the acrylic dried quite fast and I was able to flip the pots and let them finish drying on a tippy top shelf away from little fingers and a big fluffy puppy!

Such a fun project - I love this adaptation from the pour painting sculptures. I didn't follow the directions completely, but we still had fun with this project! http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2012/05/tutorial-poured-paint-planter-planting-tips/

I had to copy you those pots just turned out way to cute I did give you credit with a link to your site of course here is a link to the pots my kiddos created http://familylicious.com/pour-painitng/ Thanks so much for the inspiration!

Aleacia, Hello! I found you through Familylicious.com. I was wondering if you would mind if I put you on my blogroll. I love your fun art approach. Please email me at SMMARTideas@hotmail.com. Thanks so much, Lisa SMMARTideas.blogspot.com

this is BEYOND the coolest thing i've ever seen. came over from in lieu of preschool where she did this and sent us here to read the directions! we've really got to do this soon! pinned it and am sharing on FB!

I love the look of these pots and I have a bunch of pots just sitting around waiting on a project! I do have one question though ... after you squirt the paint on the pots, do you pick up the pots and move the paint around? Thank you! I am a grandma looking for projects to do with my grandchildren this summer.

I love the look and followed your exact directions but it did not work at all. I bought acrylic paint but in a squeeze tube and it was too thick to drip. Whe it finally made it to the sides it dropped in big globs and I had to shake it to work. I wanted to make it for a teacher gift but it did not work. What exact paint did you use? I bought mine at Michales?

Just found this on Pinterest, so I don't know if anyone will even see this comment, lol. What a fantastic idea! I have a shed full of clay pots that could be beautiful painted like this. Don't know if anyone else thought of this...but I would try using the blue painter's tape to cover most of the bottom. That way, when you pull it off it might not leave a jagged edge and your bottom would be smooth. I have used that tape on many other projects-but not yet on clay. It always leaves a smooth line when removed. Plus, you might even be able to use the same piece of tape over and over. I'm going to try that and see if it works better. Thanks so much for this neat idea!

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with this project. I love the idea but I've tried it three different times now and can't seem to get it right. Grrrr... The colors seem to blend together or overrun each other and it all ends up looking like a blobby mess. Any suggestions? Please?

Hello ! I loooooove your rainbow pots ! They're amazing ! I would like to use the same technique with my son, but I was wondering if acrilyc paint was necessary or if we could use gouache. Have you ever tried with gouache ? Thank you (and sorry for my english...) !

I want to do this with my Brownies, but mine just aren't turning out like this. The colors mix and get muddy, or don't flow all the way over the pots. I know you say not a lot, but could you give me an idea of how big the drops should be? (I just can't find anything on YouTube) Do you wait for it to start dripping before going to the next color or do you start the next color right away?